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About the MedStudy Internal Medicine Core Scripts Flash Cards and Core Scripts answer book pages

you will see here: These are the Core Scripts Flash Cards and answer book pages for the Pulmonary Medicine section of the product. The actual cards in the product measure 3 x 5 but may display at a different size on your screen depending on your computer/monitor settings. For each Flash Card in this presentation, you will see the front Script side first, followed immediately by the back Answer side of the card. Note on the Answer side that the number in the upper right corner corresponds to the number in the answer book where you will find the correct diagnosis and other information for the Script on the card. (The answer book pages are in the separate PDF file you downloaded.) Note also that the bar along the top of the card on the Answer side is in color whereas the bar on the Script side is not. These color bars identify which topic areas the Scripts cards fall into. There is a unique color for Pulmonary, Gastroenterology, Infectious Disease, etc. Since all the cards in this presentation are Pulmonary Medicine, the color bar will be the same for all. When you have the actual product with the full set of cards for all topics, the varied color bars enable you to sort your cards so you can focus your study and review by specific topic if you wish. But if you prefer instead to do a randomized review, you simply use your cards with the Script sides face-up and mix them up, which keeps the topic area of each card unknown until you turn it over. Now click here to begin reviewing the Pulmonary Medicine Core Scripts Flash Cards.

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A previously healthy patient with history of a troubled past and/or substance abuse presents with:  Acute coma with stable BP  RR  pO2, pCO2  Miosis  A-a gradient = normal The cause of the hypoxemia is ______________________. In conjunction with hypoxemia, miosis is a physical exam finding that suggests overdose of ______________________.
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The cause of the hypoxemia is ______________________. In conjunction with hypoxemia, miosis is a physical exam finding that suggests overdose of ______________________.

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A previously healthy patient with no PMH presents with:  Coughing and wheezing that begins approximately 1/2 hour after exercise and with exposure to cold air. Symptoms self-resolve within an hour.  Spirometry: normal FEV1 and FVC  Normal DLCO

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A middle-aged smoker with a daily productive cough has the following spirometry:  FEV1/FVC < 0.70 DLCO

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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A young smoker with exertional dyspnea and a productive cough has the following:  FEV1/FVC < 0.70  Chest radiograph: bullous emphysema at the lung bases

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A patient presents 2 years after a significant inhalation exposure to pool chemicals with:  A chronic productive cough  Sputum Gram stain: multiple gram-positive and -negative organisms  Sputum culture: Proteus

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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A 30-year-old patient with PMH of recurrent sinusitis and pneumonia presents with:  Chronic exertional dyspnea  Cough with purulent sputum  Sputum Gram stain: gram-positive cocci in clusters and gram-negative rods  Sputum culture: S. aureus

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A middle-aged patient who owns a parakeet presents with:  Recurrent fever, cough, and dyspnea  Chest radiograph: interstitial infiltrates  CBC: Normal  Sputum: no eosinophils

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A foundry worker with a history of cough and egg-shell calcifications on chest radiograph presents with 3 months of:  Weight loss  Night sweats  Productive cough  Occasional hemoptysis  Sputum: + acid-fast organisms Diagnosis is ______________________ associated with ______________________.
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Diagnosis is ______________________ associated with ______________________.

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A middle-aged male with no PMH presents with:  Progressive exertional dyspnea and dry cough  Diffuse fine crackles  Clubbing  Chest CT: reticular opacities and honeycombing

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A young healthy patient presents for a routine pre-employment physical:  Intermittent cough for years  Chest radiograph: significant hilar adenopathy with normal lungs  TB skin test: non-reactive

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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A young, male smoker presents with:  Bone pain  Polyuria  A spontaneous pneumothorax

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A 40-year-old, premenopausal Caucasian female with a history of dyspnea presents with:  A spontaneous pneumothorax  A chylous pleural effusion  Chest radiograph: diffuse honeycombing

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A male presents with:  Dyspnea  Productive cough  Occasional hemoptysis  A nasal ulcer  Hgb and Hct with normal MCV and MCHC  U/A: + protein,+ RBCs, RBC casts  CXR: cavitary lesions and nodules What is the diagnosis?
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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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An asthmatic on montelukast develops:  A chronic cough and dyspnea  CBC: eosinophils  U/A: + protein and RBC casts

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A young male with intermittent, vague abdominal pain presents with:  Cough  Testicular pain and swelling  + HBsAg

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A young, male patient from a southern state, who frequently walks barefooted during the summers, presents with:  Cough  WBC (differential: eosinophils)  CXR: migrating pulmonary infiltrates

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A male patient, age 2040 years, presents with:  Acute respiratory failure that requires intubation, with no obvious inciting cause  CXR: diffuse alveolar and interstitial infiltrates  Bronchoalveolar lavage: + eosinophils

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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A middle-aged, asthmatic female presents with:  Intermittent cough and dyspnea  CXR: diffuse alveolar infiltrates  Bronchoalveolar lavage: + eosinophils

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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An asthmatic presents with:  Asthma exacerbations every 2 months while on an inhaled long-acting beta-agonist and medium-dose inhaled corticosteroid  Sputum: branching hyphae

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A young patient with history of iron deficiency anemia presents with:  Hemoptysis  DLCO  Normal serum creatinine  U/A: no protein, red cells, or RBC casts

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A healthy female presents with:  Exertional syncope  Large v waves, a loud P2, and a holosystolic murmur at LLSB

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A patient with atrial fibrillation on warfarin is given piperacillintazobactam for 10 days to treat ascending cholangitis.  he normal dose of warfarin is given, but the patients INR T increases.

What is the cause of the increase in the INR?


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The cause is ______________________.

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A patient with history of bilateral hand and knee pain presents with:  Dyspnea  Pleural effusion  Active synovitis of bilateral MCPs and PIPs  Soft tissue nodular lesions over the olecranon bursa  Pleural fluid glucose: < 30 mg/dL  TB skin test: non-reactive

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A young, healthy patient presents with:  Fever  Dyspnea  Cough, productive of rust-colored sputum  WBC (differential: neutrophils with band forms)  CXR: lobar consolidation  Sputum Gram stain: gram-positive, lancet-shaped, diplococci What is the diagnosis?
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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A male with HIV/AIDS with a CD4 count 300/L presents with:  Fever Dyspnea Productive cough  WBC (differential: neutrophils with band forms)  CXR: lobar consolidation  Sputum Gram stain: gram-negative coccobacilli  Blood cultures grow the same organism. What is the diagnosis?
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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A college wrestler presents with:   Fever Dyspnea Cough, productive of salmon-pink sputum  WBC (differential: neutrophils with band forms)  CXR: patchy alveolar consolidation with pneumatoceles  Sputum Gram stain: gram-positive cocci in clusters

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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An elderly smoker with FEV1/FVC 0.35 presents with: F  ever D  yspnea W  orsening cough C  XR: lobar consolidation, in addition to chronic changes S  putum Gram stain: + gram-negative cocci

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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Young female presents with:   Fever Dyspnea Productive cough  Pulmonary consolidation  Erythema nodosum  Hgb and Hct with I. bilirubin and reticulocytes  + Coombs  + Cold agglutinins What is the diagnosis?
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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A patient presents with:  Sore throat for 7 days with gradual onset of low-grade fever, cough, and hoarseness  Normal WBC  CXR: patchy infiltrate

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A healthy patient with a history of fever, dyspnea, and a productive cough is given empiric amoxicillin/clavulanic acid for audible pulmonary consolidation. He returns with:  Severe dyspnea  Persistent fever  New diarrhea  Confusion pO2 < 60 mmHg  Serum Na+ < 140 mEq/dL What is the diagnosis?
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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A young patient returns from a visit to Arizona with:  Cough  Arthralgias

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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10 days after returning home from a spelunking adventure, a healthy patient with a well appearance develops:  Cough  Fever  CXR: patchy infiltrates and hilar adenopathy

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A non-smoking hunter from Alabama develops:  An indolent productive cough  CXR: mass-like lesion  Sputum KOH: + broad-based budding yeasts

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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An alcoholic patient presents with:  Weight loss  Night sweats  Chronic cough, productive of bloody, fetid, purulent material  Pulmonary consolidation  Halitosis

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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An elderly female with chronic cough and dyspnea presents with:  Increased cough  Night sweats Weight loss  Unsuccessful sputum sampling because the patient swallows sputum  CXR: patchy infiltrates and apical bullous disease  CT chest: nodules and evidence of bronchiectasis  BAL: + acid-fast organisms  TB skin test: reactive to 8 mm What is the diagnosis?
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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A healthy, female patient presents with:  An indolent, draining wound 10 days after vacationing in the Bahamas  She is 4-weeks statuspost tummy tuck surgery.

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A patient with HIV/AIDS and a CD4 count < 200/L presents with:  Progressive exertional dyspnea  Cough for 1 month  Fever for 1 week  CXR: diffuse interstitial infiltrates  ABG: pO2 < 70

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A patient with AML, undergoing bone marrow transplant, develops:  Cough and dyspnea without fever  CBC: absolute neutrophil count < 500/L for previous 14 days  CXR: no acute changes  HRCT: halo sign

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A patient with PMH of treated cavitary tuberculosis presents with:  Hemoptysis  Weight loss  CXR: obvious cavities with a mobile intracavitary lesion

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A male patient with BMI > 30 presents complaining of:  Dyspnea  New lower extremity edema Serum HCO3

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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A non-smoking patient presents with 4 months of:  Progressive, indolent cough, productive of frothy, salty sputum

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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A non-smoking female presents with:  Intermittent cough with hemoptysis  Long bone pain  Clubbing  Pain with palpation of the anterior tibias

What is the diagnosis?


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Diagnosis is ______________________.

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